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Book Details

ISBN 139781847199928

Paperback336 pages

About This Book

Create and manage your own website with DotNetNuke 5

Customize and enhance your site with custom modules

Code provided in VB.NET and C# using Visual Studio 2010

Covers module development using Silverlight and Linq to SQL

Complete coverage of setup, administration, and development

Who This Book Is For

This book has been written both for beginners wanting to set up a website and also for ASP.NET developers with a grasp of VB.NET and C# who want a deeper understanding of how to work with DotNetNuke. To work with the DotNetNuke code, you will need access to Visual Web Developer Express or Visual Studio .NET 2010. No prior knowledge of DotNetNuke is assumed.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: What is DotNetNuke?

Open source web portals

The DotNetNuke community

The license agreement

Coffee Connections

Summary

Chapter 2: Installing DotNetNuke

Installing DotNetNuke (local version)

Upgrad﻿ing

Summary

Chapter 3: Users, Roles, and Pages

User accounts

Understanding DotNetNuke roles and role groups

Understanding DotNetNuke pages and tabIDs

Summary

Chapter 4: Standard DotNetNuke Modules

DotNetNuke modules

Changes to the organization of modules

Standard modules

Additional Modules﻿

Third-party modules

Summary

Chapter 5: Host and Admin Tools

The difference between host and admin

Admin tools

Host tools

Summary

Chapter 6: Understanding the DotNetNuke Core Architecture

Architecture overview

Diving into the core

Putting it all together

Summary

Chapter 7: Custom Module Development

The Coffee Shop Listing module

The development environment

Creating the view control

Displayin﻿﻿g the module

View control summary

Navigation

Updating the configuration

Navigating from Sho﻿pList to EditShopList

Navigation summary

Localization

Summary

Chapter 8: Connecting to the Database

The DAL, DAL+, and Linq to SQL

The database scripts

The EditS﻿hopList page

The ShopList page

Summary

Chapter 9: Silverlight Coffee Shop Viewer

Silverlight and DotNetNuke

Packaging the module

Summary

Chapter 10: Creating Multiple Portals

Multiple portals

Parent portals versus child portals

Creating portal templates

Using the Site Wizard

Managing multiple portals

Summary

What You Will Learn

This book will give you the skills to create and manage DotNetNuke websites as quickly as possible. You will:

Install and configure DotNetNuke

Master the standard modules

Understand the core architecture of DotNetNuke

Explore the inner workings of DotNetNuke modules

Use code provided in VB.NET or C# using Visual Studio 2010

Learn module development using Silverlight and Linq to SQL

Learn to create portal templates and set up multiple portals

In Detail

DotNetNuke is an open source Content Management System and web application framework. It has taken the Microsoft world by storm and now at version 5, its community has grown to over 200,000 users. Revised and updated for DotNetNuke 5, this renowned book is your indispensable guide to creating content-rich websites with DotNetNuke, as quickly as possible.

With this book in hand, you will be able to get your DotNetNuke website up and running. Concisely written and with clear explanations, this book covers installation, administration, deployment, site creation and all of the basic built-in DotNetNuke modules. For developers, it also covers the core architecture and custom modules, including module development using Linq to SQL and Silverlight, to give you the skills to customize and extend your site.

The book starts off by giving you a deep understanding of working with basic DotNetNuke sites, guiding you through the features and giving you the confidence to create and manage your site. After that, you will journey to the heart of DotNetNuke, and learn about its core architecture. Always concise, relevant and practical, you will find out what makes DotNetNuke tick, and from there, you will be ready to customize DotNetNuke. Developers will enjoy the detailed walk-through of creating new custom modules. Special emphasis is given to using Linq to SQL and Silverlight to invigorate your module development.

You will master all of this as you leap into the development of a DotNetNuke 5 site!

Authors

Ian lackey

Ian Lackey worked as a systems engineer for a St. Louis-based ISP from 1999 to 2002.

Michael Washington

Michael Washington is a Website developer and an ASP.NET, C#, and Visual Basic programmer. He is a DotNetNuke Core member and has been involved with DotNetNuke for over 3 years.

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